Tides of Acerba: Paradisi Chronicles (Caelestis Series Book 4)

One thing I realized about this series is the amount of life in the stories. There are things that fly, things that do things in the land and sea, and that's animals. In my books, I hardly mention those things, and frankly, as a former Soldier, I was basically told not to mess with the wildlife. I kinda realist that David Drake was apparently told the same thing, and therefore in his stories (except for like one) he hardly mentions populated planets with wildlife. Anyway, the story gets pretty good, and frankly thought the MC was a lesbian, but the story doesn't support that theory, but yeah, just a trivia thing for the book. The theory is quashed with the other main character, but anyway, the story is overall alright, they save the day from a mischievous plot that, well, is par for the course for humans and the native Ddearans on the planet. Some more revelations come out at the end of the story, and it kinda ruins the story, though I will give it high marks for some originality of some sorts. Anyway, I'll finish up the next book, hopefully a little faster than this one, unfortunately (competing priorities), but we'll see. 5 out of 5 stars.

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